List of Archibald Prize 2023 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2023 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed as Artist – Title). Of the 949 entries received for the Archibald Prize, 57 artworks were selected as finalists.[1] As the images are copyrighted, a link to each image is available through its reference.

• Abdul Abdullah – Self-portrait after MD 2[2]
• Matt Adnate – Echoes of a teenage superstar[3]
• Jill Ansell – Looking east[4]
• Natasha Bieniek – Self-portrait, after Nora Heysen[5]
• Alanah Ellen Brand – Solomon Kammer: never enough[6]
• Angela Brennan – Portrait of Erik Jensen[7]
• Keith Burt – Sam Leach in his studio chair[8]
• Mitch Cairns – Elizabeth Pulie[9]
• Melissa Clements – In the driveway, 40°[10]
• Yvette Coppersmith – Lady Primrose Potter AC[11]
• Luke Cornish – Barrambiyarra (Awaken)[12] (Yvonne Weldon)
• Emily Crockford – Jeff’s pink daisy eyelash clash[13]
• Cameron Dimopoulos – Limbo[14]
• Anh Do – Seeing Ruby[15] (Archie Roach)
• David Fenoglio – Christopher Bassi[16]
• Eliza Gosse – Breakfast at ours[17]
• Jaq Grantford – Through the window[18] (Noni Hazlehurst) (Winner: People's Choice Award 2023)[19]
• David Griggs – The melanoma and the stitches[20]
• Julia Gutman – Head in the sky, feet on the ground (Winner: Archibald Prize 2023)[1][21]
• Tsering Hannaford – Nanna Mara[22]
• Katherine Hattam – The nightingale and the kookaburra – portrait of Drusilla Modjeska[23]
• John Hillier – There’s something about Harry (Harry Garside)[24]
• Michelle Hiscock – The songwriter[25]
• Andrea Huelin – Clown jewels[26] (Cal Wilson) (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2023)[27]
• Laura Jones – Claudia (the GOAT) (Claudia Karvan)[28]
• Jason Jowett – Alex Greenwich[29]
• Daniel Kim – Self-portrait, holding memories, my mentor Greg Warburton[30]
• Kim Leutwyler – Zoe (Zoe Terakes)[31]
• Sarah McCloskey – Social distancing[32]
• Catherine McGuiness – Lucky (Kylie Kwong)[33]
• William Mackinnon – Rich Lewer, friend and rival in sport and art[34]
• Marie Mansfield – Ronni Kahn AO (founder OzHarvest)[35]
• Danie Mellor – A portrait of intimacy (Gene Sherman)[36]
• Lewis Miller – Self-portrait[37]
• Charles Mouyat – As below, so above (ut infra, sic supra) (Michelle Simmons)[38]
• Paul Newton – Portrait of John Symond[39]
• Jason Phu – cameras are the best, cameras are the worst[40]
• James Powditch – Sam I Am (Sam Neill)[41]
• Ryan Presley – Blood money – infinite dollar note – Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson[42]
• Thom Roberts – In the future there might be new tall buildings built by Bert (Farhad Haidari)[43]
• Charlotte Ruth – Painting with toothbrush[44]
• Sally Ryan – Year of the Rabbit (Claudia Chan Shaw)[45]
• Marikit Santiago – Hallowed Be Thy Name (collaboration with Maella Santiago, Santi Mateo Santiago and Sarita Santiago)[46]
• Kirthana Selvaraj – Ramesh and the blue figure with snake[47]
• Oliver Shepherd – Maestro (portrait of Jessica Cottis)[48]
• Michael Simms – Zaachariaha Fielding[49]
• Judith Sinnamon – Katharine Murphy[50]
• Randall Sinnamon – Portrait of Joseph Tawadros[51]
• Clare Thackway – Lottie[52]
• Natasha Walsh – Dear Ben, ‘The scream’ (after Pope Innocent X)[53]
• Oliver Watts – Heidi May, Elle Charalambu and the artist at Redleaf Pool[54]
• Kaylene Whiskey – Cooking my famous Indulkana soup[55]
• Marcus Wills – Jack and Nikki[56]
• Patrice Wills – No place like home[57]
• Shevaun Wright, Sophia Hewson (aka Dirty talk) – Atong (Atong Atem)[58]
• Tiger Yaltangki – Ngayulu munu papa kutjara (Me with two dogs)[59]
• Zoe Young – Latrell and Winmarra (Latrell Mitchell)[60]